Germany's ancient pasts : archaeology and historical interpretation since 1700 / Brent Maner.
Germany's ancient pasts : archaeology and historical interpretation since 1700 / Brent Maner.
Germany's ancient pasts : archaeology and historical interpretation since 1700 / Brent Maner.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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G 2019/0189
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English
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Physical content
354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- The discovery of Germany's ancient pasts. The sources for prehistory: texts and objects in the eighteenth century -- Preparing artifacts for history: archaeology after the Napoleonic Wars -- Archaeology and the creation of historical places -- The new empire and the ancient past. Rud...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
The book offers a vivid portrait of the development of antiquarianism and archaeology, the interaction between regional and national history, and scholarly debates about the use of ancient objects to answer questions of race, ethnicity, and national belonging. While excavations in central Europe throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries fe...
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Germany's ancient pasts : archaeology and historical interpretation since 1700 / Brent Maner.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-340) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/0189
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74VKV07elBdl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV07elBdl
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9780226592916 hardcover alkaline paper
022659291X hardcover alkaline paper
9780226593074 paperback alkaline paper
022659307X paperback alkaline paper
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930.10943
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991024224810302626
